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Scotland receives almost every year very large supplies from

England, and every commodity must commonly be somewhat dearer in

the country to which it is brought than in that from which it

comes. English corn, therefore, must be dearer in Scotland than

in England; and yet in proportion to its quality, or to the

quantity and goodness of the flour or meal which can be made from

it, it cannot commonly be sold higher there than the Scotch corn

which comes to market in competition with it.